Слово англійською: distinguish

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distinguish

verb
/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they distinguish
/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/
he / she / it distinguishes
/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃɪz/
past simple distinguished
/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/
past participle distinguished
/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/
-ing form distinguishing
/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃɪŋ/
  1. [intransitive, transitive] to recognize the difference between two people or things synonym differentiate
    • distinguish between A and B At what age are children able to distinguish between right and wrong?
    • English law clearly distinguishes between murder and manslaughter.
    • distinguish A from B It was hard to distinguish one twin from the other.
    • distinguish A and B Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.
    • We can distinguish five meanings of the word ‘mad’.
  2. [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) distinguish A (from B) to be a characteristic that makes two people, animals or things different
    • What was it that distinguished her from her classmates?
    • The male bird is distinguished from the female by its red beak.
    • The adult bird can be readily distinguished by its orange bill.
    • Does your cat have any distinguishing marks?
    • The power of speech distinguishes human beings from animals.
  3. [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) distinguish something to be able to see or hear something synonym make out
    • I could not distinguish her words, but she sounded agitated.
    • She could not distinguish the make and colour of the car in the fading light.
  4. [transitive] distinguish yourself (as something) to do something so well that people notice and admire you
    • She has already distinguished herself as an athlete.
    5. Word Originlate 16th cent.: formed irregularly from French distinguer or Latin distinguere, from dis- ‘apart’ + stinguere ‘put out’ (from a base meaning ‘prick’).
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